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September 14, 2012

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"In Texas, the Numbers Reveal Just How Dire Things Will Be for Medicaid Patients Without Planned Parenthood," Andrea Grimes, RH Reality Check: Grimes discusses her recent video report that examined claims by Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and others that "there are plenty of health providers in Texas who can see Women's Health Program patients should Planned Parenthood be excluded from participating in the program." She found that even though the state's website lists 181 providers in the Austin area that supposedly accept WHP patients, many were duplicate entries or didn't offer women's health services at all; in total, just 13 said they would accept a WHP patient when Grimes called. She notes that providers in the Austin area would have to take on 60 more patients to account for the 1,748 patients that the area's Planned Parenthood clinic saw last year (Grimes, RH Reality Check, 9/11).

Video Round Up

An Interview with Justice Ginsburg on the State of Abortion Access

In a rare interview, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tells MSNBC's Irin Carmon it is a "crying shame" that state abortion restrictions are making the procedure increasingly "[i]naccessible" to many low-income women. Watch the video

Datapoints

A Look at Abortion Coverage in the ACA's Marketplace Plans, Repro Health Report Card, More

This week's charts depict why abortion coverage is unavailable in many states' ACA marketplace plans for 2015. We also feature a national reproductive health report card and an interactive look at abortion restrictions in Missouri. Read more

At A Glance

"[Roe v. Wade] protects a woman's freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health, and reaffirms a fundamental American value: that government should not intrude in our most private and personal family matters."

— President Obama, commemorating the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Read more